Letters to the Editor for Feb. 2, 2013

Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 11:20 p.m.

Is Nathan Crabbe a new Gainesville city commissioner? Surely he could not be a non-partisan editor for The Gainesville Sun.

His lengthy editorial in Sunday's Sun could not have been more friendly to those who want rapid transit. Rapid transit is an oxymoron in Gainesville.

How about an editorial that supports non-partisan research about whether such an expenditure is warranted in Gainesville?

Mary Bird,

Gainesville

Another snub

Oops, they did it again: The mainstream media ‘“failed” (wink, wink) to mention the annual Right to Life March in Washington, D.C.

It seems the media is currently obsessed with protecting our children inside the classrooms. How about we start by protecting them inside the womb first?

Jamie Downing,

Gainesville

Sucking up to students

So Alfredo Espinosa wants to run for a Gainesville City Commission seat so the university can have a seat at the table.

Wake up man — don't you know that commissioners are politicians and they want every student's vote that they can get, so they are always sucking up to students and the university?

We taxpayers and property owners have enough trash left in your wake.

Walter Starr,

Gainesville

Taking away guns

The guns used by criminal and insane shooters are almost always acquired and used illegally, and so are unknown to government until after the fact. The government is considering new restrictions on legal gun ownership in order to cut the injury and death rate from shootings, which will prevent us from defending ourselves and our families.

This plan seems much like our military taking away the guns of our own soldiers in order to defeat the enemy's armies.

Leonard T. Furlow Jr.,

Gainesville

Publish the photos

This may be a way to get through to the National Rifle Association: publish the Sandy Hook crime scene photos to NRA members.

Or don't even publish the photos. Paint the pictures in your own mind. Have you ever been in fear? Think of your own 5- and 6-year-olds facing a person with a 30-round clip in an assault weapon or two Glocks with 15-round magazines, and the sheer terror they would feel when their best friend at the next desk stumbles and drops dead.

Can you see the look on your child's face? Now what do you think about gun control?

Jerry Sanford,

Gainesville

Defending dogs

In reference to Robert Williams' Jan. 26 letter comparing a congressman to his own dog.

<p><b>Question rapid transit</b></p><p>Is Nathan Crabbe a new Gainesville city commissioner? Surely he could not be a non-partisan editor for The Gainesville Sun.</p><p>His lengthy editorial in Sunday's Sun could not have been more friendly to those who want rapid transit. Rapid transit is an oxymoron in Gainesville.</p><p>How about an editorial that supports non-partisan research about whether such an expenditure is warranted in Gainesville?</p><p><i>Mary Bird,</p><p>Gainesville</i></p><p><b>Another snub</b></p><p>Oops, they did it again: The mainstream media '“failed” (wink, wink) to mention the annual Right to Life March in Washington, D.C.</p><p>It seems the media is currently obsessed with protecting our children inside the classrooms. How about we start by protecting them inside the womb first?</p><p><i>Jamie Downing,</p><p>Gainesville </i></p><p><b>Sucking up to students</b></p><p>So Alfredo Espinosa wants to run for a Gainesville City Commission seat so the university can have a seat at the table. </p><p>Wake up man — don't you know that commissioners are politicians and they want every student's vote that they can get, so they are always sucking up to students and the university?</p><p>We taxpayers and property owners have enough trash left in your wake.</p><p><i>Walter Starr,</p><p>Gainesville</i></p><p><b>Taking away guns</b></p><p>The guns used by criminal and insane shooters are almost always acquired and used illegally, and so are unknown to government until after the fact. The government is considering new restrictions on legal gun ownership in order to cut the injury and death rate from shootings, which will prevent us from defending ourselves and our families.</p><p>This plan seems much like our military taking away the guns of our own soldiers in order to defeat the enemy's armies.</p><p><i>Leonard T. Furlow Jr.,</p><p>Gainesville</i></p><p><b>Publish the photos</b></p><p>This may be a way to get through to the National Rifle Association: publish the Sandy Hook crime scene photos to NRA members.</p><p>Or don't even publish the photos. Paint the pictures in your own mind. Have you ever been in fear? Think of your own 5- and 6-year-olds facing a person with a 30-round clip in an assault weapon or two Glocks with 15-round magazines, and the sheer terror they would feel when their best friend at the next desk stumbles and drops dead.</p><p>Can you see the look on your child's face? Now what do you think about gun control?</p><p><i>Jerry Sanford,</p><p>Gainesville</i></p><p><b>Defending dogs</b></p><p>In reference to Robert Williams' Jan. 26 letter comparing a congressman to his own dog.</p><p>Sir, you insult dogs!</p><p><i>V.L. Mason,</p><p>La Crosse</i></p>